Should cannibis be considered legal.

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Originally Posted by August

In spite of what you want to believe, Marijuana is not a narcotic. It is a naturally growing plant that has been used by man for thousands of years for everything from a mild anti-depressant to an appetite enhancer. Putting it into the same classification with a real man made narcotic like crack cocaine only tells people that your artifical definitions are not to be believed. Hence my original point.

You guys are misusing the term "narcotic". In medical terms a narcotic is a class of analgesics that reduces pain and is often abused for its sedative effects. Another name for them is opioids, such as morphine, dilaudid, codeine, or heroin. Crack, speed, and marijuana are not "narcotics".

Its also important to realize that many pyschoactive substances are found in nature. Your own body produces opium-like hormones secreted by your nervous system to induce nervous system effects. Exogenous opium is dervided from naturally occuring plants to produce drugs like heroin.

Crack itself is a derivative of cocaine, which itself is procured from a naturally occuring plant.

So the argument that marijuana is naturally occuring thus such be legal is pretty weak and baseless.